Army West Point Athletics
Men's Soccer
Delano, Jonathan
Jonathan Delano
- Title:
- Associate Head Men's Soccer Coach
- Phone:
- 2420
Jonathan Delano joined the men's soccer program as an assistant coach in June 2021, was elevated to associate head coach in September 2023, and heads into his fifth season on Brian Plotkin’s staff in 2025.
Army knocked off both Air Force and Navy in 2024 by 2-1 scorelines. Army defeated both Air Force and Navy in the same season for just the fifth time in program history, and the first time since 2016. Army is now 11-6-5 in its last 22 fixtures vs. academy rivals and has gone unbeaten against academies for the second season in a row.
In his second season at West Point, Army won the Patriot League regular season championship for the first time in 26 seasons. The Black Knights finished the regular season with a 5-1-3 conference record and 8-5-3 record overall, including a win over Navy in Philadelphia. On the way to its best season in decades, Army suffered just one defeat in its final 13 contests of the season on its way to the number one seed in the postseason.
Before making his way to the banks of the Hudson, Delano made stops at Penn, Harvard and Dominican (Calif.).
Delano's most recent stop was with the University of Pennsylvania, where he spent two seasons as an assistant coach. While in University City, the California native coached seven All-Ivy honorees including the 2019 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. In his second year with the team, Delano helped lead the Quakers to a 7-5-4 record, the team's best mark since the 2011 season. In addition to his work on the field, he played a major part in bringing in back-to-back top-25 recruiting classes to Penn.
Prior to his time in Pennsylvania, the Dominican University graduate served as the associate head coach of the Harvard Crimson men's soccer team. In his five seasons in Cambridge, he helped develop six professional players including 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick, Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu. Delano oversaw 19 All-Ivy honorees in his five seasons with the Crimson and was named the NSCAA East Region Assistant Coach of the Year for his work with the team in the 2015 season.
Delano started his coaching career at his alma mater, Dominican University of California, in an assistant coaching capacity after his graduation in 2003. He was promoted to a head coaching role for the women's team in 2006 and was twice named the California Pacific Coast Conference Coach of the Year. As a result of his success with the women's program, Delano was elevated to director of soccer in 2009, putting him in charge of both the men's and women's teams in their first year competing at the NCAA Division II level. Delano also had stints as the director of athletic development at Dominican, and the head men's and women's golf coach.
The collegiate soccer standout also lettered in basketball for Dominican while competing as a student-athlete.
Army knocked off both Air Force and Navy in 2024 by 2-1 scorelines. Army defeated both Air Force and Navy in the same season for just the fifth time in program history, and the first time since 2016. Army is now 11-6-5 in its last 22 fixtures vs. academy rivals and has gone unbeaten against academies for the second season in a row.
In his second season at West Point, Army won the Patriot League regular season championship for the first time in 26 seasons. The Black Knights finished the regular season with a 5-1-3 conference record and 8-5-3 record overall, including a win over Navy in Philadelphia. On the way to its best season in decades, Army suffered just one defeat in its final 13 contests of the season on its way to the number one seed in the postseason.
Before making his way to the banks of the Hudson, Delano made stops at Penn, Harvard and Dominican (Calif.).
Delano's most recent stop was with the University of Pennsylvania, where he spent two seasons as an assistant coach. While in University City, the California native coached seven All-Ivy honorees including the 2019 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. In his second year with the team, Delano helped lead the Quakers to a 7-5-4 record, the team's best mark since the 2011 season. In addition to his work on the field, he played a major part in bringing in back-to-back top-25 recruiting classes to Penn.
Prior to his time in Pennsylvania, the Dominican University graduate served as the associate head coach of the Harvard Crimson men's soccer team. In his five seasons in Cambridge, he helped develop six professional players including 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick, Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu. Delano oversaw 19 All-Ivy honorees in his five seasons with the Crimson and was named the NSCAA East Region Assistant Coach of the Year for his work with the team in the 2015 season.
Delano started his coaching career at his alma mater, Dominican University of California, in an assistant coaching capacity after his graduation in 2003. He was promoted to a head coaching role for the women's team in 2006 and was twice named the California Pacific Coast Conference Coach of the Year. As a result of his success with the women's program, Delano was elevated to director of soccer in 2009, putting him in charge of both the men's and women's teams in their first year competing at the NCAA Division II level. Delano also had stints as the director of athletic development at Dominican, and the head men's and women's golf coach.
The collegiate soccer standout also lettered in basketball for Dominican while competing as a student-athlete.
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